Sunday, January 15, 2017

...an event my mom always tried to take me to for my birthday, is folding its tents and scattering its remnants across the eroding landscape of my memory... "the Great­est Show on Earth" won't be any longer.

"After 36 years of PETA protests, which have awoken the world to the plight of animals in captivity, PETA heralds the end of what has been the saddest show on earth for wild animals, and asks all other animal cir­cuses to follow suit, as this is a sign of changing times."

(Ms. Newkirk had better never cross against the green anywhere near me!)

2. WR Moore said...

I can still recall taking my then lady friend and our kids to RBB&B. Everyone was spell bound. While I expect there may have been (very-after all they're expensive assets) occasional lapses in large critter care, I expect PETA has no idea what the life expectancy or circumstances of elephants in the wild are. Nor do they care. I took great pleasure in issuing no trespass notices to the pests from the SPCA when I had a run-in with them. The look on their faces when the LLEA told them to leave or be arrested was priceless. The gent in charge wished more folks did what I did.

There's definitely a place (unfortunately) for organizations like SPCA, but not when they're staffed by zealots!